as a rule of thumb i try not to engage in political discussions -- waste of energy. but to give you a cliff note version -- he is conservative to the extreme + he is religious to the extreme. Religion is the underlying factor for most of his judgements/statements. I don't like extremes, I don't like conservatives, and I am averse to any religion (don't confuse it with faith, though. i differentiate between the two). Roberts is a way tooo biased, and my preference is moderation.
Without going into details on Roberts -- do you think an incompetent nobody like Miers, someone with no judicial experience at all, should decide this country's constitutional issues?
I dont like extremes either (or both side), but I have no issues with moderate conservatives, which, IMHO, a Supreme Court judge should be.
the problem is, how do you define a 'moderate conservative'? There are really hot issues that are currently at a stake -- abortion, gay rights (yes, gay rights, and please spare me your comments on this one), etc. As far as these are concerned, I worry about the votes. And votes are always biased, and "interpretation" of the constitution is also biased, no matter what they say. I agree, that ideally, Miers should not in the supreme court's judge seat. However, conservatives are pushing for a reason. They want to install somebody who has conservative agenda, it is clear. This would push the court out of balance. And in this case, I don't know what is worse, somebody with less experience but moderate or some religious fanatic. Roberts needs to be counter-balanced somehow. I personally cannot stand the guy (but this is out of this topic's scope :) At this point I wouldn't mind some punk liberal joining Supreme Court, really :)
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Date: 2005-10-27 02:48 pm (UTC)Which witch? The wicked witch!" (c)
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Date: 2005-10-27 04:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-10-27 04:56 pm (UTC)What do you have against Roberts, anyway.
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Date: 2005-10-27 06:47 pm (UTC)I don't like extremes, I don't like conservatives, and I am averse to any religion (don't confuse it with faith, though. i differentiate between the two). Roberts is a way tooo biased, and my preference is moderation.
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Date: 2005-10-27 07:02 pm (UTC)Without going into details on Roberts -- do you think an incompetent nobody like Miers, someone with no judicial experience at all, should decide this country's constitutional issues?
I dont like extremes either (or both side), but I have no issues with moderate conservatives, which, IMHO, a Supreme Court judge should be.
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Date: 2005-10-27 08:10 pm (UTC)As far as these are concerned, I worry about the votes. And votes are always biased, and "interpretation" of the constitution is also biased, no matter what they say. I agree, that ideally, Miers should not in the supreme court's judge seat. However, conservatives are pushing for a reason. They want to install somebody who has conservative agenda, it is clear. This would push the court out of balance. And in this case, I don't know what is worse, somebody with less experience but moderate or some religious fanatic. Roberts needs to be counter-balanced somehow. I personally cannot stand the guy (but this is out of this topic's scope :)
At this point I wouldn't mind some punk liberal joining Supreme Court, really :)